diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_sharding/rabbitmq-components.mk b/deps/rabbitmq_sharding/rabbitmq-components.mk
index 5a79a26e95..ddc211efde 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_sharding/rabbitmq-components.mk
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_sharding/rabbitmq-components.mk
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export current_rmq_ref
 
 ifeq ($(origin base_rmq_ref),undefined)
 ifneq ($(wildcard .git),)
-possible_base_rmq_ref := v3.7.x
+possible_base_rmq_ref := master
 ifeq ($(possible_base_rmq_ref),$(current_rmq_ref))
 base_rmq_ref := $(current_rmq_ref)
 else